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People who don't understand the software bloat cycle are doomed to repeat it.

Lean software -> missing features users want -> add features over time -> bloated mess -> we need a smaller rewrite -> Lean software -> ...

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True. The solution is to make a different piece of software customised for each person.

We already have the tech for this. It's large! j/k

Ha ha true. It's literally so complicated we don't know how it works.

It's more of a spiral than a loop, usually the reboot either flops or gets something crucial right and progresses to the point where it challenges the incumbent.



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